It’s inevitable that the Monster Hunter franchise will eventually make the transition to Nintendo’s latest console, the Nintendo Switch. Wall Street Journal technology reporter Takashi Mochizuki recently caught up with Shintaro Kojima and asked whether the popular monster slaying franchise was going to come to the Switch and was told “Hope you enjoy it on the 3DS first.”

Capcom didn't deny Monster Hunter on Switch. I asked if it's coming to Switch, and Mr. Kojima said "Hope you enjoy it on 3DS first." pic.twitter.com/OjN8gfLX9x

Great news. I just hope this Monster Hunter game is built from the ground up to take advantage of the Switch’s power and not a high res 3DS version. I’m gonna on a limb and say Monster Hunter Switch will come in 2018